Bertrand Russell on Karl Marx
'For those of us who reject Marx, can you offer us any positive philosophy to help us towards a more hopeful future?' Such a progressive imperative. Watching the clip of Bertrand Russell asked about Marx invokes many responses of his obvious genius and credulity - a sage philosopher who can speak no wrong, whose every claim us mere mortals should adopt; presumably by virtue of our paltry relative intellect. Such false meritocracy. Russell says to doubt - we'll doubt the Marxist of course. Marxism was an 'unkind' philosophy engendering this dichotomy of good and bad amongst the proletariat and bourgeoisie respectively; consequently, it contrives social confrontation. It therefore follows that it cannot bring happiness. The presumption being that this confrontation is not inference from historical induction but the almost Nietzschean will to power of a man vying for retribution. How audacious a claim to assume we're the apex of history. The biggest giveaway here ...